19 USC § 2572 - Exemptions

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title: "19 USC § 2572 - Exemptions"
title_number: 19
title_name: "CUSTOMS DUTIES"
section_number: "2572"
section_name: "Exemptions"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS)"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 452, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 250.)"
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# § 2572. Exemptions

This subchapter does not apply to—

**(1)** any standards activity engaged in by any Federal agency or State agency for the use (including, but not limited to, use with respect to research and development, production, or consumption) of that agency or the use of another such agency; or

**(2)** any standards activity engaged in by any private person solely for use in the production or consumption of products by that person.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 452, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 250.)